Originally Posted by
ottergirl
If you say so. Seemed like a whole summer of discontent on Airbus with stories of people being drafted off golf courses in Scotland, beaches in Nice, childcare in the Home counties, etc and one guy off his stag do! I accept that it doesn't happen at the moment; be nice to have enough work for it to be needed, eh?
Ask any pilot how many years they've been in BA and how many times they've been Force Drafted, and that clause has always existed. You imply we are overestablished - not so, (with the exception of a handful of LGW airbus pilots I believe)
Originally Posted by
ottergirl
question to ask is "How has IFCE conducted themselves that their employees are reluctant to trust them with such power over their lives?" My first 15 years in BA was peppered with 'gentlemens agreements' or give and take. All such working arrangements have been dishonoured/lost in the last decade and now no-one is prepared to help anyone else out.
Do you have any examples to explain what appears from outside IFCE as Bassa's need to have a veto over any aspect of running the department?
Originally Posted by
ottergirl
Could IFCE work the way Flight Crew Ops work? With respect on both sides and some give and take from both? Who knows? What I do know is that it'll take a great leap of faith for both sides to give it a try.
Well, it's coming and I don't think you'll have much choice. And why should BA have to have a leap of faith - it will be BA holding the cards, not Bassa.